Today, the IBM XPages runtime enters into BETA release phase on Bluemix. The XPages runtime, along with the XPages boilerplate and XPages NoSQL Database service, have been considered experimental for the last six months. Moving the runtime to BETA signals the intention to make the runtime generally available on Bluemix in the coming months.

In the tutorial video below, you will learn how to create a Node.js runtime application that connects with the XPages NoSQL Database service. This is made possible by using the Domino Access Services (DAS) that are built into the XPages NoSQL service.

IBM Domino Designer is the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used for XPages application development. To complement the release of the XPages runtime, service, and boilerplate on Bluemix last month, additional Bluemix tooling was released for Domino Designer, via the open source XPages Extension Library.

We are very excited that we brought XPages to IBM Bluemix recently, with the experimental releases of a runtime, a service, and a boilerplate. These releases bring the power of Domino XPages to the cloud, letting you create feature-rich, responsive, and secure applications that you can quickly bring to market on Bluemix.